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title: "Bee bikini top: Cutting Instructions"
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There are three variations of this pattern. **One Colour**, which is where the bikini top is made out of one colour. **Two Colours**, where the bikini top is made reversible by using two colours, and **Cross Back Tie Variant**, where the neck ties tie in the back replacing the band tie.
## Materials
### One Colour (Non-Reversible)
**Main fabric**
- Cut **4 cup** parts.
- Cut **2 neck tie** parts.
- Cut **1 band tie** part.
### Two Colours (Reversible)
**Main fabric**
- Cut **2 cup** parts from main.
- Cut **2 neck tie** parts.
- Cut **1 band tie** part.
**Lining fabric**
- Cut **2 cup** parts.
- Cut **2 neck tie** parts.
- Cut **1 band tie** part.
### Cross Back Tie Variant.
**Main fabric**
- Cut **4 cup** parts or Cut **2 cups** from main and lining if making reversible ties.
- Cut **2 neck tie** parts or Cut **2 neck ties** from main and lining if making reversible ties.
- Cut **1 band** part if making cross back tie variant instead of band tie variant.
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This pattern is easily made reversible by buying a similar fabric to the main fabric and using it as contrast. To save confusion on instructions it will be referred to as the lining fabric.
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